April 28, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, with cases of gut disorders on the rise, we look at how to sort through the good and the bad information to stay healthy. Then, why the soaring cost of cocoa may have chocolate lovers paying the price. Plus, how a powerful solar phenomenon has the potential to disable satellites and overpower electric grids.
Episodes
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April 28, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E120 - 26m 45s
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, with cases of gut disorders on the rise, we look at how to sort through the good and the bad information to stay healthy. Then, why the soaring cost of cocoa may have chocolate lovers paying the price. Plus, how a powerful solar phenomenon has the potential to disable satellites and overpower electric grids.
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April 27, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E119 - 26m 44s
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, we examine the future of noncompete agreements after the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban the practice. Then, why Ecuador, once known as a major tourist destination, is now a hotbed for violence and turf wars. Plus, a new book explores the history of climate change, uncertainty about the planet’s future and a dose of hope for saving it.
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April 26, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E118 - 57m 46s
April 26, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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April 25, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E117 - 57m 46s
April 25, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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April 24, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E116 - 57m 46s
Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Supreme Court weighs whether federal protections for emergency abortions override a near-total ban at the state level. After months of wrangling in the House, President Biden signs a major foreign aid package that includes tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine. Plus, we meet evangelical Christians in Ukraine caught in the crosshairs of Russia's invasion.
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April 23, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E115 - 57m 46s
April 23, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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April 22, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E114 - 57m 46s
April 22, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
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April 21, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E113 - 26m 44s
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, we ask NATO’s Secretary General if the delayed U.S. aid to Ukraine is too late to make a difference. Then, how a Supreme Court case on laws limiting homeless encampments could reshape policy across the country. Plus, a look at the tensions in one Montana city over people experiencing homelessness camping in vehicles.
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April 20, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode
S2024 E112 - 26m 44s
Saturday on PBS News Weekend, Volkswagen workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize in a big win for the labor movement. Then, as polls open in the world’s largest election, we look at what’s at stake for India and its allies. Plus, what can be done to protect the lives of journalists reporting from the front lines of the Israel-Hamas war.
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April 19, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E111 - 57m 46s
Friday on the NewsHour, Israel allegedly strikes back at Iran, retaliating for last weekend's drone and missile attack. The House advances spending bills on foreign aid by bipartisan votes, but Speaker Johnson's cooperation with Democrats could cost him his job. Plus, how people in addiction recovery are helping a small town in Kentucky bounce back from economic decline and the opioid epidemic.
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April 18, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E110 - 57m 46s
Thursday on the NewsHour, after some setbacks, the jury in the Donald Trump hush money trial is filled. The U.S. and Britain target Iran with new sanctions as the world waits for Israel's response to the weekend drone attack. Plus, scientists sound the alarm as warming waters trigger massive bleaching of the world's coral reefs.
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April 17, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
S2024 E109 - 56m 45s
April 17, 2024 - PBS NewsHour full episode
Extras and Features
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How to tell fact from fiction with gut health advice
S2024 E120 - 5m 8s
Data shows that cases of inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer are on the rise. At the same time, social media is inundated with ads and influencers touting products that promise to boost what’s broadly called “gut health.” How do we separate the facts from the fads? Dr. Shazia Siddique, an assistant professor of gastroenterology at the University of Pennsylvania, joins John Yang to discuss.
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S2024 E120 - 1m 31s
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Hard-hit cocoa harvests cause chocolate prices to soar
S2024 E120 - 6m 45s
If you’ve shopped for chocolate recently, you may have noticed your favorite items are either smaller or more expensive, or sometimes both. The price of cocoa — the key ingredient in chocolate — is the highest it’s ever been after nearly doubling in the last four months. As Ali Rogin reports, this worldwide shortage has been years in the making.
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News Wrap: Hamas releases video of two hostages
S2024 E120 - 3m 5s
In our news wrap Sunday, Hamas released video of two hostages as efforts around a cease-fire deal with Israel intensify, protestors rallied against the Israel-Hamas war outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, tornadoes killed at least four people in Oklahoma, Iraq passed law imposing heavy prison sentences on LGBTQ+ people, and three-time WNBA champion Candace Parker says she is retiring.
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How a super-active sun can affect electronics on Earth
S2024 E120 - 6m 48s
To most people, the sun is a steady, never-changing source of heat and light. But to scientists, it’s a dynamic star, constantly in flux, sending energy out into space. Experts say the sun is now in its most active period in two decades, causing potential disruptions to radio and satellite communications. John Yang speaks with Bill Murtagh of NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center to learn more.
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How Noboa’s fight against violence in Ecuador is playing out
S2024 E119 - 7m 12s
Not long ago, Ecuador was a beacon of stability in a region known for political unrest and drug trafficking. But now, it’s become one of Latin America’s most violent countries amid a rise in organized crime. Many Ecuadorians are looking to President Daniel Noboa to turn things around. Carolina Jimenez Sandoval, president of the Washington Office on Latin America, joins Ali Rogin to discuss.
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News Wrap: Israel-Hamas war protests continue on campuses
S2024 E119 - 2m 50s
In our news wrap Saturday, some universities moved to shut down protests over the Israel-Hamas war while students at others dug in, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 18 people in southern and central Gaza, Nebraska and Iowa residents sifted through the aftermath of a tornado outbreak, and Harvey Weinstein is in a New York City hospital after an appeals court overturned his 2020 rape conviction.
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‘H Is for Hope’ explores the landscape of climate change
S2024 E119 - 6m 25s
Data shows that global levels of the three main heat-trapping greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide — all reached record highs in 2023 for the second year in the row, and experts say there’s no end in sight. But a new book, ‘H Is for Hope,’ says there is reason for hope in the fight against climate change. William Brangham speaks with its author, Elizabeth Kolbert.
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What to know about the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements
S2024 E119 - 6m 48s
The Federal Trade Commission estimates that about 1 in 5 American workers are restricted by so-called noncompete agreements with their employers. The agency voted this week to bar companies from using such clauses to keep employees from taking a new job with a competitor or starting a competing business. John Yang speaks with The Hill’s business and lobbying reporter Taylor Giorno to learn more.
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News Wrap: King Charles returning to public duties
S2024 E118 - 4m 54s
In our news wrap Friday, Britain's King Charles will return to public duties after a three-month break for cancer treatment, Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel hoping to revive talks for a hostage deal and cease-fire with Hamas and Secretary of State Blinken warned Chinese President Xi against supporting Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Brooks and Capehart on Supreme Court and immunity for Trump
S2024 E118 - 11m 31s
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including legal cases involving former Donald Trump and associates playing out in state courts, the Supreme Court and the court of public opinion, as foreign aid begins to arrive in Ukraine and the Middle East, protests boil over on campuses across the U.S.
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North Koreans forced to work in China's seafood factories
S2024 E118 - 7m 34s
In the interconnected, globalized economy, goods produced in one nation end up on shelves and in stores halfway around the world. Some American companies have recently come under scrutiny for alleged links to forced labor. William Brangham spoke with Ian Urbina, the journalist behind a new investigation documenting the forced labor behind Chinese seafood that ends up on American plates.
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